Passover begins on Friday, March 30 when we retell the story of the Jews’ exodus from Egypt and freedom from bondage. No Shabbat service will be held that evening at the Temple. Please join us for the Second Seder on Saturday, March 31 at 6 p.m. to read the Haggadah and dine on a traditional Pesach meal.

Chef Marla Cohen will bring her culinary skills and whimsy to the Temple on Sunday, April 29 at 1 p.m. with a Taste of the Seven Species of Israel. Join her for a light-hearted cooking demonstration that will keep you noshing, learning, and, most importantly, laughing. Find out more.

Known as much for her humorous take on life as she is for her creativity and expertise as a chef, Marla is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. She has honed her skills in Sanibel, Florida, the former Summit Club in Fort Wayne, and Southern California. If you’ve been in Fort Wayne for a long time, you may even remember Marla’s Bakery on the southwest side back in the 1980’s.

Cost is $7 per person. Space is limited, so please RSVP no later than Friday, April 20 to the Temple office at (260) 744-4245 and send your check (payable to “CAV- The Temple”). Thank you to the Adult Education Committee for sponsoring Chef Marla’s program as part of our year-long look at the Seven Species and the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation for its support.

Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Educate About The Holocaust

The Temple's Holocaust Education Committee and IPFW's Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studiesare co-sponsoring a week-long symposium May 13-18, 2018 on the IPFW campus for pre-service teachers interested in learning more about teaching the Holocaust and genocide at the junior high and high school level. Housing, most meals, and other materials and resources are covered for participants. Thank you to the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation for its support. Find registration information.

If you'd like to receive periodic emails about mah jongg play, please contact the Temple office at office@templecav.org or (260) 744-4245. Find out more about Mah Jongg resources in the Resource Center collection.

Interested in Jewish Genealogy? Temple members Irv Adler and Betsy Gephart are working to establish a local chapter of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies to serve Northeast Indiana. Find out more about their efforts and family history resources in the Temple's Rabbi Richard B. Safran Library.
Celebrate Israel@70 on April 20-21. We'll gather for a community Shabbat service on Friday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at Congregation B'nai Jacob and a PJ Library family potluck and festive evening with The Shabbat Players on Saturday, April 21. Find out more.

Temple members are invited for Bagels with the Board on Sunday, April 22 at 10:30 a.m. to find out about proposed changes to our congregational bylaws.

Save the date to join us when Dr. Rebecca Erbelding gives the keynote address on "Americans and the Holocaust" on Wednesday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at the Temple as part of our Holocaust Symposium for Pre-Service Teachers. Her talk is co-sponsored by the Temple and IPFW's Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies with support from the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation. Find out more.

The Jewish community's Thoughtful Thursdays bag assembly team will meet on Wednesday, January 10 to put together bags of food items for the 66 students who attend Brightpoint Head Start at the Temple.

The Jewish community's Thoughtful Thursdays bag assembly team will meet on Wednesday, January 10 to put together bags of food items for the 66 students who attend Brightpoint Head Start at the Temple.

The Jewish community's Thoughtful Thursdays bag assembly team will meet on Wednesday, January 10 to put together bags of food items for the 66 students who attend Brightpoint Head Start at the Temple.

We welcome you to Congregation Achduth Vesholom, where we’ve been building Jewish community since 1848. As Indiana’s oldest Jewish congregation, we have a long tradition of bringing together those who want to share the joy of Judaism.

Our name means "unity and peace." We are truly a family at the Temple. We support one another in times of difficulty, share life’s blessings at times of joy, and work together to bring about tikkun olam, the betterment of the world around us.